Game of Thrones: Royal Game

244 Blackmail
"Is there anything wrong with this list?" Ian continued to pretend to be stupid.

"Lord Earl, you may not understand this... Lord Celia's pricing and demand for these materials are unacceptable to Meereen. This will directly destroy the stability of Meereen's entire trading system." Mazdahan Quickly explain.

"It is the same with Yunkai," Grazdan added.

"I really don't know the price of these things or anything else...but I believe the chancellor has her own considerations." Ian blocked all the follow-up complaints prepared by the two envoys with one sentence.

"Thirdly," without giving the other party a chance to argue, Ian read back, "Meereen and Yunkai should jointly provide Her Majesty the Queen with a military expenditure of 40 Hui coins."

"This condition. Earl Darry." Mazdahan's face turned pale, and he didn't dare to directly comment on this condition, because he was afraid that he would greet the eighteen generations of the other party's ancestors once he opened his mouth.

"This condition is indeed a bit too much." Ian also had an unbelievable expression on his face, and he immediately cursed, "Isn't this just taking advantage of the fire? Does she have any sense of honor?"

Seeing Ian's attitude, Mazdahan and Grazdan breathed a sigh of relief.

"However. After all, this is the condition proposed by the Minister of Finance." Ian immediately smiled bitterly. "Ever since I was publicly criticized by Her Majesty the Queen, this group of important ministers has begun to have an attitude towards me. If I help you with this issue If I speak, it may further damage my prestige."

"This..." Mazdahan and Grazdan looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a while.

"How about this, let's go through all the conditions first, and then you can choose the most unacceptable condition from it, and I'll help you figure out a solution?" Ian suggested empathetically.

"Thank you, my lord, you are really a good friend of the Ghis people." Reg nodded after obtaining the consent of the two colleagues.

"Lord Daeron Grafson requests." Ian continued to read, "First, Meereen, Yunkai, and New Ghisto provide Her Majesty with 500 experienced slave boatmen and [-] senior apprentices. The period is two years.

Second, all existing and newly acquired slaves with shipbuilding skills in Meereen, Yunkai, and New Ghis must be resold to Her Majesty the Queen at the market price, and the three cities can be redeemed at the original price after two years.

Third, Her Majesty's slaves will be allowed to log in any high-quality forest area in Slaver's Bay, and the city to which the forest area belongs should provide transportation convenience for the queen's logging camp.

Fourth, each city of Meereen, Yunkai, and New Ghis needs to provide Her Majesty with two ships, at least one of which is an ocean-going galleon, and the other should be a galley with more than two hundred oars. Ships should be manned with slave sailors. "

"Is there any problem with Daeron's conditions?" Ian asked after finishing reading.

"No," Grazdan of Yunkai shook his head hastily, "Earl Grafson is a true knight, and his conditions are very noble. We have no objection."

After he finished speaking, the other two envoys also nodded in agreement.

Ian secretly laughed in his heart. As far as Darren Grafson was concerned, if he negotiated in the way he asked them to cooperate at the beginning, it would be enough to make these profiteers shout blackmail.

But now it was they who came to seek the help of Her Majesty the Queen, and with Celia's outrageous conditions of 'Jewels first', when they heard Daeron's conditions, they were simply moved by Daeron's nobility.

"Then there is the condition of 'Black Falcon' Dorian," Ian said while seeing the faces of the messengers collapse again at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"First, Meereen and Yunkai should provide Her Majesty with two thousand war horses, four thousand march horses, and ten thousand draft horses."

"It's impossible!" Ian just finished reading the first article, and Grazdan of Yunkai protested, "The terrain of Slaver's Bay is not suitable for raising horses. Even if all the stables in our two cities are emptied, we I can’t even gather so many horses.”

"Such conditions are indeed too much, and I will find a way to make him reconsider." Ian nodded, expressing his understanding of Grazdan's anxiety, "Among the important ministers, the one who has the best relationship with me is Dorian, Celie I can't guarantee that I can convince her on Ya's side, but Dorian can."

"Thank you, Lord Earl." Grazdan expressed his gratitude to Ian again.

"But you need to understand the importance of this condition. In the entire Slave Bay, only we have the best cavalry in our hands. You have already seen that day in the punishment square." Ian didn't give Grazdan a chance to be happy for a while, "Giving us enough horses is crucial to improving the combat effectiveness of our entire alliance, so I hope you can think more about this issue."

"We'll do our best." Grazdan knew that Ian was telling the truth, so he didn't make any excuses.

"Do your best, try your best." Mazda could only agree with the rare situation.

"Secondly, Meereen and Yunkai also need to send troops to join the war. According to the size of the city, Yunkai should send no less than 4000 troops, and Meereen no less than 8000. If the troops are not enough, you can use mercenaries to make up for this condition. Are you okay?" Ian continued.

"Of course, there is no sign of Khal Drogo's army so far. We have two or three months to find the mercenary group." Grazdan nodded, but then said, "But we can't guarantee the mercenary group According to our past experience, those mercenaries often choose to run away when facing the roaring warriors of the Dothraki."

"Just leave it to me to restrain the mercenaries," Ian smiled. "Isn't the third point written? All the troops in the entire alliance are under my unified command."

"This..." Reg, who had been silent for a long time because the condition had never mentioned New Ghis, finally couldn't sit still. He wanted to say that this condition was the most unacceptable. How could the Iron Legion of Free Citizens of New Ghis accept the command of an outsider? ?

But seeing Ian's attitude of "this matter is not discussed, it's settled like this", Reg didn't know how to speak for a while, and hesitated for a moment.

"Fourth," Ian took the opportunity to jump into the next condition without giving him a chance to speak, "the armor rate of soldiers in Meereen and Yunkai should exceed 60.00%."

This condition seems to be harmless, but it is actually quite harmful.

Because when Ian had just received the 8000 Unsullied, and before his armor workshop started operating, he had bought format armor from the entire Slave Bay and replaced almost all the equipment of the Unsullied.

As the half-body plate armor in Ian's armor workshop continued to be produced, the armor that was first equipped for the Unsullied began to be gradually replaced. How to deal with these armors became a problem.

At first, Ian thought about giving them to the new army, but considering that his new army would be placed in a relatively safe position during the actual war, he finally decided to give some of these armors to those who would be deployed in the most dangerous places. 'Confederates' in position to enhance their ability to resist the line.

As for the method of giving, Ian had already bought almost all the armor in Slaver's Bay. Apart from buying from himself, what other ways can Meereen and Yunkai increase the armor rate of the army to 60.00%?
(End of this chapter)